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Dream Syndicate: The $500,000 Isuzu Trooper

February 20, 2012

For a paltry half-million dollars, this 1996 Isuzu can be yours! Photo by Davey G. Johnson

We know you just hit it big. You cashed out of that underground high-stakes game down in El Centro just in time, walked just before the place got raided. You're thinking, perhaps, that you want to drop some serious cash on some kind of 4x4. Nothing European, because you're smart with your money; getting sunk with repair bills is the last thing you want after your big score.

Fret not, dear Fresh Moneybags, and never let it be said that we here at Autoweek aren't looking out for you. What we have here is a custom-painted 1996 Isuzu Trooper on stylish rims. What's more, it comes with an 18-inch bronze-and-glass sculpture entitled “Beauty in Blue Sunset.”

That's not enough? You fancy yourself a Medici or a Getty with your newfound influx of funds, yes? With this purchase, you'll be a bona fide patron of the arts! The seller/artist, one Brent Guggisberg, explains:

“You buy the car you get the sculpture with it while we film this exchange your company logo will be in the background and you will be the first large contributor to Our Monument; a Monument I am building for my father Ken Guggisberg and the rest of humanity to share their heroes. 99.9997 viewers of this will have none of the responses I am looking for and that's fine. Mock me say I am ridiculous curse me in the name of whatever god you like. I am looking for that brave thinker wanting to venture out on a horizon of awesome hope and wonderful ideas to make humanity better; Just one.”

With a pitch like that, parting with your half-million dollars is a no-brainer, right? After all, if you hadn't been a dreamer, you never would've driven down from Calipatria for that fateful game in the first place. And if the people of Calipatria aren't dreamers, then who among us is? You can find the eBay listing here.